The City of Largo's Emergency Management Team is coordinating post-storm recovery efforts due to Hurricane Ian for our community. When possible, residents are asked to stay off the roads to allow crews to complete damage assessment and debris cleanup.
The City of Largo's Emergency Management Team is coordinating post-storm recovery efforts due to Hurricane Ian for our community. When possible, residents are asked to stay off the roads to allow crews to complete damage assessment and debris cleanup.
Horizon West Bay groundbreaking
LARGO — For the first time since it was constructed in 1983, the Southwest Recreation Aquatic Center will be getting a makeover.
Bahais to host Peace Day
LARGO — Just over a year ago, the city of Largo adopted new regulations for the commercial sale of dogs and cats. It also banned new pet stores, but grandfathered in the city’s two existing stores, All About Puppies and Sunshine Puppies on Ulmerton Road.
LARGO — On Sunday, Sept. 11, Anona United Methodist Church held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new community playground that’s being built on the church grounds at 13233 Indian Rocks Road.
LARGO — Adarius Hayes is a relative gentle giant at 6-foot-4, 210 pounds.
Pinellas woman scratches $1M win
LARGO — City commissioners voted 5-2 on Sept. 6 to reduce the property tax rate. They also unanimously approved the $309.7 million budget for fiscal year 2023.
She purchased the winning ticket from Wawa, at 8910 Ulmerton Road in Largo.
LARGO — The parking lot at Largo High School is typically filled with decades-old sedans and modern SUVs.
LARGO — Several Elison Senior Living of Pinecrest residents recent walked the runway at the senior living community, as the facility hosted a fashion show featuring a handful of residents decked out in colorful attire.
Adaptive Family Night
LARGO — The Largo High School varsity football team returned to action Aug. 19, as the Packers kicked off the 2022 campaign by hosting a preseason game against the Jesuit Tigers.
LARGO — The 13th edition of the Central Pinellas Chamber of Commerce’s Inspire Awards lived up to its name, as the Aug. 18 ceremony was filled with positive vibes and uplifting stories from the 2022 winners.
Community Center luncheon show
LARGO — The city of Largo has learned the hard way about rising construction costs this past year. City leaders have had to shelve a project to upgrade Bayhead Action Park, and, most recently, they learned that their premier project to build a new mixed-use City Hall on West Bay Drive balloo…
LARGO — Nonprofit agencies that serve the residents of Largo can apply for a Safety Net Grant from the city of Largo.
LARGO — Residential real estate rates in Pinellas County have increased by about 30% since 2020. That increase and a surging demand for affordable rental housing units led Pinellas County commissioners on Aug. 2 to move forward with a tenants bill of rights in an effort to protect renters.
Anona United Methodist Church is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a yearlong schedule of events reflecting its multigenerational mission of giving back to the community.
LARGO — Largo will have at least two new city commissioners following the Nov. 8 general election.
In what was called “one of the most important decisions in the history of Largo,” city commissioners on Aug. 2 unanimously approved a contract with Biltmore Construction Co. for up to $69.6 million to construct its new mixed-use City Hall.
Largo drone camp teaches new skills
LARGO – City Commissioners celebrated Team Members of the Quarter on July 19.
LARGO — The property tax rate for Largo residents likely won't increase next year.
On Nov. 8, Largo voters will decide whether it will be game on or game over for a massive sports complex proposed for a vacant piece of city-owned land west of the Largo Central Park Nature Preserve.
“Now I’m going to take you back many, many years … April of 1939,” Lisl Schick said to a room full of students at the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg in 2015. For 33 minutes, they sat still as she spoke. Schick glanced at her notes now and then, but she didn’t need them. She’d bee…
This is just a kick in the teeth.” That’s how Commissioner Eric Gerard described his feelings after hearing that Largo’s new mixed-use City Hall will now cost more than $80 million. And that’s after being scaled down.
LARGO — Voters won’t make their decisions on the future of the Largo City Commission until Nov. 8, but the race already appears to have more candidates than in the past eight years combined.
An excavation of a Largo property in search of evidence in a 1982 missing person case did not turn up any remains, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reported.
LARGO — The city of Largo’s fiscal year 2022-23 budget reflects the high and lows facing municipalities in the state of Florida.
LARGO — The city of Largo will host a series of free Community Climate Sessions in July to explore how climate change has already been impacting the community and what other changes could be experienced in the future.
LARGO — For the past several years, city staff worked on an analysis of the stormwater system.
“Nobody in their right mind is going to build out a restaurant on a five-year lease,” Mayor Woody Brown said during a work session earlier this year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Largo Mayor Woody Brown was among two dozen mayors and other local leaders who recently attended a summit on flooding and sea level rise in Washington, D.C., to explore and share solutions to flooding and sea-level rise and build relationships with members of Congress and …
LARGO — Largo is looking to pay it forward.
A developer’s proposal to transform the 87.9-acre piece of city-owned property east of the Largo Public Library into a sports tourism destination is still in play.
LARGO — The Friends of Ridgecrest Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the Greater Ridgecrest community, held its annual Juneteenth celebration June 18.
CLEARWATER — Pinellas County commissioners unanimously approved three requests from the city of Largo June 7 for Countywide Plan Map amendments.
LARGO — Though Kim Adams retired at the end of May after 35 years as the city of Largo's finance director, he's "not off the hook," his successor told him.
CLEARWATER — Pinellas County commissioners got an update during their June 2 work session on a new master plan and recommendations for the Pinewood Cultural Park campus in Largo.
LARGO — The roots for a new children's garden at Florida Botanical Gardens have been planted, and soon it will begin to bloom.
Meeting on housing set
LARGO — Less than a week after a man died while searching Taylor Lake for lost flying discs, things were back to normal at Taylor Park.
LARGO — If dogs are man’s best friend, it makes sense for a dog in a senior living facility to have a lot of friends. And that’s the case at Elison Senior Living of Pinecrest in Largo, as officials recently held a puppy party for residents to celebrate the 6th birthday of Max the “community dog.”
LARGO — A decorated U.S. Army veteran recalls as a child watching the movie "Midway" with his stepfather.
LARGO – City Commission members on May 17 celebrated the successes of Solid Waste team members at a recent skills competition.
ST. PETERSBURG — Largo High School’s Class of 2022 commencement ceremony, held May 20 at Tropicana Field in St. Pete, was a bittersweet event for many, as the massive graduating class of more than 520 seniors said farewell to one another as well as retiring LHS principal, Dr. Bradley Finkbiner.
LARGO — When the City Commission was considering developer Carlos Yepes’ proposal to construct a 231-unit apartment complex at Eighth Avenue Southeast and Donegan Road in October, he said his only other option would be an industrial project that might not be as good a fit for the community.
LARGO — On May 10, Largo Elks Lodge #2159 Veterans Committee members presented their 75th Welcome Home Kit to a veteran through the Bay Pines VA HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Office. A Welcome Home Kit provides some of the basic essentials for a veteran moving into a new residence,…
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